Is Jesus the Only Savior?

James R. Edwards

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Winner:Christianity Today Book Award -Apologetics/Evangelism (2006)

In this timely book for believers, inquirers, and skeptics alike, James R. Edwards faces head-on the question of whether or not Jesus is indeed the sole savior of the world. After tracing the currents of modernity from the Enlightenment to the Jesus Seminar, Edwards contends that the assumptions of the most skeptical historical-Jesus scholars are no more intellectually defensible than the claims of faith. He then assembles extensive support to show that Jesus considered himself the unique and saving mission of God to the world.

Edwards devotes the second half of the book to discussing Jesus as savior in light of contemporary cultural currents, specifically addressing the thorny issues of religious pluralism, moral relativism, postmodernism, and the quest for world peace. Illustrated with real-life stories, Is Jesus the Only Savior? gives a fair hearing to twenty-first-century concerns while upholding historic Christian faith.

Book Details

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2005
Pages: 264
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.16in - 6.34in - 0.73in - 0.80lb
EAN: 9780802809810
Categories: • Christian Theology - Apologetics• Christian Theology - Christology

About the Author

Edwards, James R.: -

James R. Edwards is the Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University, where he taught for nearly two decades. His book Is Jesus the Only Savior? won the 2006 Christianity Today Book of the Year award in apologetics. His other books include The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition, In the Beginning: A Commentary on Genesis and Its Reception in the New Testament, and commentaries on the gospels of Mark and Luke.

Praise for this book

Library Journal
"A readable, well-reasoned theological defense of Jesus as God's only savior. Through the use of personal stories, Edwards effectively addresses readers whose faith may have been adversely affected by modern philosophical presuppositions of subjectivism, religious eclecticism, and/or religious syncretism. . . [The book] contributes positively to the larger philosophical argument of the existence of objective universal truths."

Princeton Seminary Bulletin
"In this well-written volume, James Edwards turns his theological ship into the relativistic winds of present western intellectual culture and sails against the tide of postmodern skepticism regarding the truth value of all religious claims."

Themelios
"A well-written and wide-ranging book. . . Its value is in bringing together in one volume such a wide range of topics, all of which are handled competently."

Stephen T. Davis
"Lively and cleverly written yet carefully argued. . . I enthusiastically recommend this book to all who are interested in the truth about Jesus."

D. A. Carson
"Grounded in scholarship and common sense, this book lays out in brief compass why Jesus remains the only savior."

I. Howard Marshall
"An unusual book on the question of religious pluralism. . . This valuable contribution from the pen of a New Testament scholar will assist readers looking for a defense of the historical Christian understanding of the person and place of Jesus."